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Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

Hey, so this is cool. It doesn't really seem to signal any major change in policy, and it is coming a bit late, but still: the President said he thinks gay marriage should be legal. It's a step. A nice, big, symbolic step.

That comedy special that Louis C.K. sold on the internet for five bucks, thus altering the universe, is airing this weekend on FX - in an edited form, of course.

Argo looks/sounds like a pretty amazing movie. Here's the trailer. It's based on a true story about a CIA plot to sneak some Americans out of Iran disguised as the film crew for a movie that didn't exist. They even brought in Jack Kirby to do some concept art.

I can't be the only one who thinks this teaser trailer for the new Conan the Barbarian is terrible. Seriously, it's like a parody of bad action movie trailers, complete with a "THIS SUMMER" opening and a ridiculously growly-voiced narrator. Plus it shows you absolutely nothing, and the dialog is terrible.

In case you haven't seen it yet, the trailer for Super 8 is really worth watching. This looks and sounds like vintage Spielberg.

A very colorful car crash: a truck carrying 8,000 gallons of printer ink flipped and busted open, spilling various colors of ink all over the road.

More news on a possible adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower: supposedly a new deal is being struck wherein Akiva Goldsman would write one or more feature films that Ron Howard would direct and Goldsman and Brian Grazer would produce, and then the film or films would be followed up with a TV series that would continue the story. Seems like a weird concept, but then again, the story is so gigantic and long, it's hard to see how they could cover the whole thing except via a TV show. That being said, the inclusion of Goldsman worries me. He's written some movies and TV shows that I've really enjoyed (including some great episodes of Fringe), but he's also written some of the worst movies I've ever seen (Batman & Robin anyone?). (Via)

Cinematical posted a fun news roundup early this morning. Jean-Pierre Jeunet would like to make a live-action, 3D film; Doug Liman may direct a Joel and Ethan Coen script for a remake of a 1966 heist film called Gambit (which is interesting - I thought they always directed their own scripts); and finally, click through for a trailer for Black Death, a movie about knights versus necromancers starring Sean Bean.

The rumor flying around the internet lately is that George Lucas is planning a brand new Star Wars trilogy that would be filmed in 3D and directed by folks like Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola. I feel like this might have come out of somebody misunderstanding Lucas' plans to re-release the original trilogy in 3D, but hey, you never know. Despite everything that happened with the prequels, I have to admit, I'd totally go see new Star Wars movies - especially if they were directed and/or written by someone other than Lucas.

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